Sad Farewell....Project Oz has launched

Some sad goodbyes and tears as we left Family and Finley after a week of preparation, packing the van, final grocery shop and a weight check of our rig at a weigh bridge. It is hard to believe it is time for us to “fly the nest” and see where this Adventure takes us, I know it can be great but it isn’t an easy step to take. Jess likened us to a snail....moving at a slow pace with our home on our back (or in tow).

We drove to the outer southern rim of where we have been so far in Victoria..that is Ballaratt.  It was 4 1/2 hours, and we hope that will be the longest drive we do in a day from now on.  So tomorrow we head to the Great Ocean Road, and over the next 10 weeks follow it to South Australia, to take in Whyalla (where we lived when we first immigrated to Australia), Flinders Ranges, Adelaide and Kangaroo Island.  We have a very loose itinery planned, and want to stay true to our Slow Road Ahead  mantra.

Tonnes of Bras at Mathoura, and old Wesleyan Church in the old Goldmining town of Tarnagulla - something like what you see in ruins in England.

Our view for tonight, we are the only ones here as far as we know at Lake Barrumbeet, nr Ballaratt.